The Real Russia Threat

With Dr. Stephen Blank

DR. STEPHEN BLANK, Senior Fellow for Russia at the American Foreign Policy Council, 26 years of experience as a Professor of National Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of U.S. Army War College:

• Soviet nuclear strategy in the Cold War
• The formation of “Team B”

(PART TWO):

• Significance of Ukraine in Russia’s history
• Putin’s investment in Russia’s nuclear weapon arsenal

(PART THREE):

• Putin’s goal to control escalation
• Russia’s involvement in Syria and greater aims for the Middle East

(PART FOUR):

• The current state of Russia-China strategic partnership
• Are Austria and Hungary pro-Russian states?